Former PSG Star Bradley Barcola Finally Delivering at Liverpool

Having left PSG for Liverpool in a record-breaking transfer this summer, Bradley Barcola had targeted the English club as a potential destination well before the 2026 summer transfer window.

After scoring his first three Champions League goals last week and providing a Premier League assist last weekend, Barcola is finally delivering for Liverpool.

The French winger left PSG last summer for a €125 million fee plus €20 million in bonuses, and his start was mixed, but this time he seems to be taking off.

The player himself told Téléfoot that the Premier League "was very different and perhaps less tactical" than what he knew in Paris under Luis Enrique, "a very, very tactical coach."

Still searching for his first Premier League goal, Barcola should have a chance to shine Sunday against Brighton, after being on the bench this week in the Champions League against Villarreal (4-3) and coming on for only about 20 minutes late in the match.

This summer, his departure from PSG was inevitable. The club made it official on Aug. 31, a few days before the transfer deadline.

According to L'Equipe, Barcola had only Liverpool in mind. The French daily says the Merseyside club left a strong impression on the right winger, who had been to Anfield twice in previous Champions League campaigns.

Each time, Paris went there and left with qualification. Barcola was even decisive in the second leg of the 2025-26 quarter-final, assisting Dembélé.

Barcola discovered Anfield on March 11, 2025, as Paris Saint-Germain qualified on penalties in a wild second-leg round of 16.

The following year, in April, in the quarterfinals this time, the Rouge et Bleu won 0-2 and avoided any cold sweats, even though the atmosphere, especially after the break, was heavy as Liverpool pushed.

L'Equipe adds that the Anfield atmosphere won over Bradley Barcola and that, even before he thought about leaving, he told those close to him that a move to Liverpool would interest him if he left Paris. Now, he tastes that electricity every time he plays at home.